Hydrodynamic transport of drifting macroalgae through a tidal cut

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 565-569

  Biber, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; Biscayne Bay; drift algae; Florida; Rhodophyta; Sargassum; seaweeds; transport

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROALGA; MASS TRANSPORT; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL INLET;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 34547505722     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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